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Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2004
We have but one choice. The vast majority of Muslims have to break their silence and declare its religious, ethical stance [towards terrorism] in a clear-cut manner. We have to free Islam from its abductors and declare to the whole world, to all its cultures, races and religions, that we reject and...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 2004
These days, Arab newspapers are full of commentaries putting the blame on Muslims for terrorism and others practiced self-flagellation and self-hatred to the extent that they claimed the history of Muslims is a history of oppression, tyranny and baseness. No one asks himself whether what is...
Date of source: Saturday, August 7, 2004
Last Sunday’s church bombings has ignited worry and caution among Iraqis who fear the outbreak of sectarian battles between Muslims and Christians. It was especially shocking that the churches were full of worshippers when the bombings took place. The attacks were the first to target Christians...
Date of source: Saturday, August 7, 2004
Mixing the two concepts of jihad and liberation has made many Arabs support Al-Qa’ida’s actions in Iraq considering it Jihad. Declaring jihad became open field for anyone who wants to act against his government, his country or against other countries. There is a big difference between the concept...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Terrorists are producing, directing and filming TV productions. They film their horrible crimes and send them to TV channels to be aired to the whole world.
Why do we not speak up? Why do we not defend ourselves against this horrible accusation? Why do we not condemn these actions that have...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
The Israeli newspaper Maariv held an interesting interview with the Iraqi Minister of Displacement and Migration, Eisha Warda Pascale. One of the issues discussed in this interview is the issue of the [Iraqi] Jewish refugees [who left Iraq many years ago] and their rights to hold Iraqi citizenship...
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2004
Pope Shenouda, the Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, warned of sectarian strife in Iraq and expressed his concern that attacks might target a number of churches. He saw such attacks as an attempt to divide Muslims and Christians in Iraq. These warnings came in a...
Date of source: Friday, June 10, 2005
The Zionist-Christian clergy have viewed the US-led war on Iraq in March 2003 as something that would guarantee the security of Israel. They believe that war is one of the conditions to materialize the Torah’s prophesies on the advent of Christ.
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
Muftī of the Republic Shaykh ‘Alī Jumca said he has never issued a fatwa [religious edict] about demonstrations, stressing that if demonstrations were meant to peacefully express opinion, which is a constitutional right, then there is nothing wrong.
Date of source: Sunday, June 5, 2005
In his book “No god but God : The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam,” the American Iranian author, Reza Aslān writes that conservative and liberal Muslims dispute over defining their own conviction.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.